Etymology Explorer โ€บ Gothic

Where does โ€œ๐Œฟ๐Œฝ๐Œธ๐Œน๐Œฟ๐Œณ๐Œฐโ€ come from?

๐Œฟ๐Œฝ๐Œธ๐Œน๐Œฟ๐Œณ๐Œฐ (Gothic) comes from Gothic ๐Œธ๐Œน๐Œฟ๐Œณ๐Œฐ, from Proto-Germanic รพeudล, from Proto-Indo-European tewtรฉhโ‚‚, from Proto-Indo-European tewhโ‚‚- โ€” to swell; to crowd; to be strong.

๐Œฟ๐Œฝ๐Œธ๐Œน๐Œฟ๐Œณ๐Œฐ (Gothic): non-people, non-nation

Definitions

  1. non-people, non-nation

Ancestry of โ€œ๐Œฟ๐Œฝ๐Œธ๐Œน๐Œฟ๐Œณ๐Œฐโ€, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Gothic๐Œธ๐Œน๐Œฟ๐Œณ๐Œฐpeople, tribe; the heathen
2Proto-Germanicรพeudลpeople, tribe
3Proto-Indo-Europeantewtรฉhโ‚‚people, tribe
4Proto-Indo-Europeantewhโ‚‚-to swell; to crowd; to be strong
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewhโ‚‚- โ†’